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Open Country Episodes

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    Whitelee Windfarm on Eaglesham Moor

    Helen Mark visits Eaglesham Moor in Scotland, home of the UK's largest onshore wind farm.

  2. Belvoir Castle and its 'Capability' Brown Landscape

    Helen Mark explores the completed 'Capability' Brown gardens at Belvoir Castle.

  3. Sathnam Sanghera goes home to Wolverhampton

    Writer Sathnam Sanghera goes home to Wolverhampton to discover a changed landscape.

  4. David Lindo on the Isle of Man

    David Lindo, AKA the Urban Birder, leaves the city to meet the wildlife of the Isle of Man

  5. Snowdonia Marathon

    Helen Mark meets the runners, organisers and volunteers behind Snowdonia Marathon.

  6. Wild Boar in the Forest of Dean

    Helen Mark has a close encounter with some wild boar in the Forest of Dean.

  7. Off Grid in Mid-Wales

    Guest presenter Ian Marchant meets people who live 'off-grid' in mid-Wales.

  8. Bellaghy - Seamus Heaney's 蜜芽传媒place

    Helen Mark travels to Bellaghy to discover poet Seamus Heaney's '蜜芽传媒place'.

  9. Hoylake: Green Belt and Greens

    Helen Mark finds out how a proposed golf resort in Hoylake will affect the green belt.

  10. Helen Baxendale visits Belper in Derbyshire

    Helen Baxendale visits Belper in Derbyshire to explore the traces of its industrial past.

  11. Spurn Point Lifeboat Station

    Helen Mark meets the only full-time lifeboat crew in the UK at Spurn Point in East Yorks.

  12. The 'Man Engine' in Cornwall's mining landscape

    Helen Mark meets the UK's largest puppet, Man Engine, in Cornwall's mining landscape.

  13. Orkney Wildlife in Crisis

    Orkney's incredible wildlife is under threat. Helen Mark discovers how technology can help

  14. Capability Brown at 300

    Helen Mark finds out why Capability Brown is heralded as the Shakespeare of gardening.

  15. Biodiversity at Heathrow

    Helen Mark visits Heathrow to discover how the airport encourages biodiversity.

  16. The Dolphins of Cardigan Bay

    Patrick Aryee encounters the dolphins and dolphin-watchers of Cardigan Bay.

  17. Bishop Auckland, History in Production

    Helen Mark explores the history of Bishop Auckland as theatrical production Kynren opens.

  18. Midsummer Music in Orkney

    Helen Mark visits Orkney to hear music and stories from 40 years of St Magnus Festival.

  19. Dawn Chorus across Europe

    Brett Westwood follows the dawn chorus from east to west across Europe.

  20. Tennyson's Lincolnshire

    Helen Mark explores the Lincolnshire Wolds through the poetry of Tennyson.

  21. Southwell Races, Nottinghamshire

    Helen Mark spends a day at the rural racetrack of Southwell in Nottinghamshire.

  22. Old Oswestry Hillfort

    Helen Mark visits the Iron Age hillfort in Oswestry, Shropshire.

  23. The National Forest: 25 Years

    Helen Mark visits the National Forest as it marks 25 years.

  24. Gainsborough's Nodding Donkeys

    Helen Mark visits the nodding donkeys of the Gainsborough Trough.

  25. Return to the Fens

    Helen Mark and writer Simon Barnes explore the Great Fen and Charles Rothschild's legacy.

  26. Snowsports at Glenshee, Cairngorms

    Helen Mark gets on her skis at Glenshee as it opens for the winter season's first snow.

  27. Scowles in the Forest of Dean

    Helen Mark is in the Forest of Dean in search of geological formations known as scowles.

  28. Somerset Peat: Past, Present and Future

    Helen Mark uncovers why peat makes the Somerset Levels a special place to visit.

  29. Yorkshire in the Dark

    Yorkshire looks different in the dark. Helen Mark looks into the heavens and underground.

  30. River Tay

    Salmon, apples and whisky. Caz Graham follows the fertile flow of the River Tay.

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